Toni Braxton stars in ‘Beauty & the Beast’.

Did you know that Toni Braxton has starred as a lead character in multiple Broadway plays?

Braxton first entered Broadway arena in the role of Belle in ‘Beauty & the Beast’ in 1998. She became the first black woman to play that character as well as the first black woman to star as the lead in a Broadway adaptation of a Disney production.

In 2003, Braxton starred as Aida in ‘Aida’ and played the part for an impressive five months. Watch her perform the song ‘A Change in Me’ from ‘Beauty & the Beast’ below:

Now you know!